Division of Health and Human Sciences

The Division of Health
and Human Sciences (DHHS) prepares students to contribute to a global society
and a diverse workforce as productive, responsible, and well-educated
healthcare professionals and/or graduate students. This is accomplished by
providing students with the knowledge and skills basic to the practice of their
disciplines, instilling them with the fundamental attitudes of professionalism,
teaching, service to the community, and a desire for lifelong learning in a
personalized, culturally rich and dynamic learning environment that fosters
faculty, staff, and student engagement. DHHS offers the Bachelor of Science
degree and emphasizes four primary disciplines:

The division has one accredited program Adapted Physical
Education: Kinesiotherapy, which offer a fully functional Kinesiotherapy
Clinic. All faculty in the DHHS are certified and/or licensed by the State of
North Carolina and National Professional Bodies.

What Students Can Expect

Students in the division graduate with strong
science, communication and liberal arts skills and are ready to enter the
job market as athletic trainers, parks and recreation managers,
kinesiologists or attend graduate school to become a speech pathologist or
audiologist.

Note: The Athletic
Training Program is no longer offered at Shaw University.

Shaw University complies with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex (including sexual harassment and sexual violence) in all educational programs and activities. For more information, visit the Title IX webpage.